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Sony: DSi vs. PSP and the kids factor

Sony: DSi vs. PSP and the kids factor

By: Alan Ng | April 6, 2009 | 35 Comments

We wrote to you last week discussing the debate on how Sony would counter the release of the Nintendo DSi. Well it looks as if Sony have made the first move in the war of words as a Sony PR press release given to Engadget reveals some feisty comments.

As the press release from Engadget reads, Sony have labelled the DSi a kid’s toy, reaching out to a ‘kids’ market, which they have ‘always’ targeted. They say there is limited support for the DSi from external publishers, which will effect the DSi in the long run. They point out the growing number of publishers commited to the PSP at the moment, highlighting upcoming games such as Rock Band: Unplugged, Assassin’s Creed and Dissidia: Final Fantasy. They then big up the games coming directly from their own studios such as Little Big Planet and Motorstorm.

It will be interesting how Nintendo react to this statement from Sony. Who do you support at the moment? Let us know what you think of Sony’s comments.

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  • Psychosonic

    i would definitely sign up with Sony..there games are way better i don’t want crappy little kid games who’s graphics make my eyes hurt from Nintendo…

  • personson

    well it’s nice competition that nintendo gives but I still think that the psp is a better spend.

  • ZOOONY

    The PSP has always been a powerhouse, producing better graphics than the ds. And he is right the ds is for little kids. I havent seen such b******* that adults play with nintendo handhelds. Same goes for the Wii. It makes shitty graphics but has sold the most because of all the kids that have their parents buy it.

  • the name is secret

    well, the PSP is more of a multiedia gadget, unlike the DS games. i personally prefer the dsi with its wide range, but thats just me. dont agree with the hurting eyes bit though. my opinion again, maybe im just weird.

  • kush

    i dont really care about how bad the graphics are on the dsi, because even though psp gots good games dsi got them old and new mario games and those are the best frein thing to play, every1 at myshool who gots a psp loves my dsi. and u cant beat them old mario classic games. oh and lol btw, i wrote this message with my dsi:p. oh freak my freakin hand frekin hurts dang it

  • http://www.r4-ds-card.com r4 games

    To me PSP is lot better as it comes with more exciting features than DSi, its no that I am a fan of sony but I think PSP is a better console in terms of features and compatibility it provides.

  • Gamer Anonymous

    I pick DSi. Those that say the PSP is a multimedia device are right but, so is the DSi it can play music too. Though just get a Ipod if thats what you want to use it for. Yea a PSP can play movies but, you might as well by the DVD(or BLU RAY disc) because the UMD movies cost just as much as them (I.E. Hancock is $22 and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan is $14)A DSi has a wider variety of games. As for it being a kids toy how is Grand Theft Auto Chinatown, COD Modern Warfare and World at War, Mortal Kombat, and Tom Clancys EndWar a kids toy? A PSP is great if you want repetitous gameplay with little plot.

  • Nintendo vs. Sony debater

    to me lets break it down psp- can play movies, watch videos, play games, go online, and listen to music. good? no it breaks too easy my opinion would be the dsi. nintendo gets outmatched by sony so what do they do, invent a upgraded version that can compete with the psp good? yes for about the same price on the system but with lower prices on the games without it breaking easy, take my point of veiw for advice i’m an expert at this

  • http://www.punkmonk.info nintendo r4

    For me Nintendo DSi is the choice

  • http://yahoo jimbo said

    I choose DSi because Nintendo DSi’s games is fun, PSP is for adult and is no fun. i like Nintendo DSi 80% and PSP 20%. Nintendo DSi has two screen (which mean double screen) and has a lot of games, so for my choice to buy is Nintendo

  • cRapPsP

    lol graphics is nothing without a good gameplay! psp games are boring once u have finished a game..there’s no even fun with every games! it’s just a piece of shit in terms of the gameplay nothing new applied! it’s just the same thing as before! while ds sells better because it has new features which are not being offered by other consoles! just look at the innovative gameplay and how it trashes out the tradition gameplay of the psp! only the graphix are great but to tell you frankly there’s nothing much about the game you’ll probably end up boring playing with tekken and nba!

  • mrmattadrian

    This is just my opinion but I think the dsi is better but i have to agree that the psp is the multimedia KING but the dsi has som pretty cool features i would prefer the dsi not saying the psp isn`t any good but give the dsi a try by the i am writing this from my dsi

  • http://coolness.net hi

    pk first of all the psp cant use gmail and the damn disk spining is really annoying and those produo cards are not cheap and more no touchscreen no chat and no camera. sorry got on a rant but really.

  • 2kids mom

    Trying to decide between the 2 for christmas presents for my kids; girl 7 & boy 13……

  • kevin

    dude that is so true i never even heard of any new features on the crappy psp go well dont know if it is crappy though
    but your right sony made all these psp systems but nothing new [yet]
    i recommend dsi

  • kevin

    oh my gosh so true i have seen comments that say dsi is just a shitty kid thing
    thank you for pointing them out
    those game like grand theft auto chinatown wars are not kid games
    sony will lose i think i love my dsi
    LONG LIVE NINTENDO!

  • http://www.google.com Adam

    Dsi is better than Psp because it has touch screen,2 screens,and a camera.

  • http://www.google.com Adam

    Yea dsi is better than Psp but dsi and Psp shoud to make more updates.
    p.s i wrote this on my dsi.

  • Ezra

    well i bought the dsi and the psp is really good with the multimedia but the dsi has a lot of space for game downloads and it came out with the new facebook picture upload app and that really made a one up for nintendo and well nintendo has been around for years so i choose nintendo

  • Grant

    THE PSP IS BETTER

  • PSP4LIFE

    NDSI SUC*s, there is no fun with it, no chckhen no custom frmware, no backing up games, total waste of money. PSP 3000 is way better than that krappy little dsi. And guys, you actually can use gmail, and could also use instant messeging, and can also watch youtube videos just need custom firmware and psp ultimate tube

  • PSPowner

    correction. The ndsi can back up games. the way i see it the ndsi has pretty much same functions as a psp but most of the games on nds gets tedious and annoying cause of the stylus game play, same goes for the psp, its awsum at first but after a while the button mashing gets boring. i would go for the ndsi cause you can choose game play that involves stratergy (using stylus alot) or sensless button mashing or both, unlike the psp which is mainly button pushing, and start games on the psp is just pethetic, its clungy and slow

  • Khephran

    I own a nintendo DS Lite, i really like the nintendo games but every non-nintendo game has left me disappointed. i beat the game in a few hours and teh graphics suck. i like the mario and zelda type games though, and COD4 was ok. Based on what i’ve seen from the PSP teh games have good graphics and you can actually enjoy them if you aren’t 10.
    the graphics from Nintendo suck super bad and i have no idea why everybody is getting so worked up over nintendo, the Wii is the same exact way.

  • lol!

    by your logic, i’d have to carry around three things with me: a phone, an iPod, and a PSP. why do that when i can just carry around my PSP (and phone usually)? sure, it’s not as efficient as my mp3 player for music but it more than gets the job done. also, i should note that the DSi battery life has suffered greatly… it has been clocked to about 4-6 hrs now instead of the usual 9-12 that the DSlite had. the PSP has about 4-6hrs as well. so you really do get more bang for your buck for something that outperforms it’s rival with higher technical ability. if you nintentards think the music on there will be any better when it only supoprts .aac files (LOL!!!), then go ahead you blind fanboys! the beautiful 4.5 in screen helps with watching movies too, which by the way, i’m just going to download and convert then put them on my PSP via mediaGo. it’s a simple process and it works. can you watch video on your DSi? hm, no? didn’t think so. what about free roaming, action style hack ‘n’ slash like God of War? can you do that? hm, no either? wow, what the fuck can you do?

    although i’m being sarcastic, the DS clearly doesn’t meet MY standards as a GAMER. it’s a great handheld with some really great games, but the majority of which that aren’t first party games (as usual) tend to suck… badly. the mario, zelda, metroid, etc are always great, but i’ve been playing those games since diaper days. the truth is, i and many others are just ready for something new. the PSP is refreshing to someone like me who primarily wanted to play action and sports games. let me tell you now… if you’ve played madden on the DS, then you know it’s a joke. the graphics are so ugly, the physics make no sense, the animations are choppy, and the gameplay is just watered down. on the PSP i notice no difference from it’s console counterpart except *slightly* worse graphics (they’re still incredible though).

  • theres a beter way

    just get an iphone(if you prophere at&t)and get dsi or psp because the iphone is a ipod internet youtube ect. and it come with games to so its like you only need a phone to have funor get the iphone and dsi because you can mess wth pictures and you can draw when you talk to people and even if you do think its for kids thats what a ps2,xbox,orps3 is 4 its not like you need the same games for two difrent systems i mean really and plus you can mess wth the sound by making somthing else be the voice in the song

  • moo

    you can do that with an iphone and you dont see any one complaning about that

  • http://twitter chisomagbo

    The dsi is the best and you guys know it psp has fat graphics and everyone tells me they get tired of it

  • http://luiscano86@yahoo.com luis

    you are right

  • PercyJacksonFan101

    Hard choice. They both have their ups and downs.

  • Harold

    PSP cause' the graphics on the dsi suck so bad.It is too fagile.AND FREEEEEZEEES TOOO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

  • joseph

    i would have to go which the dsi or the dsi XL it not really for little kids it for everyone because it any age plus it very simple to use it also touch screen the psp go doesn`t touch screen after a while the buttons start to get mess up because it mainly buttons pushing also the only thing sony did is change the design on psp go and the psp go doesn`t even have a two cameras and plus the dsi games are smaller and two screens which the psp go i would go with the dsi the psp is really for music so the dsi is way better psp go can suck my balls

  • lolololololol dude

    i have a psp 3000 and i also like the dsi dont get mad at me but dsi AND psp are the best hand held cosoles because the psp has good graphics and games are more for teens and aduts but they are really addicting; the dsi has classic and original but cool games as well it doesnt have perfect graphics but its still fun and for kids

    PSP AND DSI are good but there are differences as the console… dsi has a stylus to interact in the games and has a camera and stores music sounds pics and has wifi

    psp has wifi, video, stores pics(doesnt take pics) , and music has this weird hypnotizing cool screens to choose as you listen to your songs

    both are cool portable devices so just by my description choose your console

  • http://videogamethrill.webs.com paulo

    psp and dsi are both awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Cheezpufjo

    I’m not a hardcore gamer… Just casual so the ds fits me. It was made for casual gamers, and the psp is for a little bit more hardcore gamers. It all depends on what kind of gamer you are.

  • gjgfhj

    i dont own either but based off hours of research ive devided PSP powns DSi